[NSRCA-discussion] Tangerine Pattern Contest in Apopka

[JShulman]

Hi All,

Well, doing to flying events with an hour and a half drive one way between
them almost worked. In addition to Top Gun in Lakeland this weekend, the
Apopka Tangerine contest was flown. I was able to fly round 1 before I had
to race down to Lakeland to do my Demo flight and help my brother with his
demo flight, before racing back. Unfortunately for me, the hour and a half
drive got in the way of my 3rd round flight which proved to be the
difference for me. I returned to fly rounds 4 and 5 and get just enough
scores to get 4th place...lol. But that was ok with me cause I was more
impressed with the quality of flying by everyone with the 20+ mph winds in
our faces than anything else. I even had a chance to see the GP Venus 2 fly
with an OS-91 and that is one impressive bird. Steve and Orlando put on a
great contest and they even had about 7 club workers to help also.

Here's the results of the 9 brave pilots that conquered the winds:

Sportsman:
1st- Rufus Holton- 4000- Venus 2, OS-91FX (first contest)
2nd- George Gordon- 3452- Prophecy, YS-140 (Came back to flying after a
2-year break, Michigan pilot also)

Intermediate:
1st- Jon Lowe- 3974- Panacea, OS-160 (Jon only won 2 of the 5 rounds)
2nd Brian Billings- 3923- Caprise, Webra 145

Advanced:
None, Mike Constantine would have flown but was called into work before his
first round.

Masters:
1st- Billy Meadows- 3000- Impact, Hacker/Thunder Power

FAI:
1st- Ron Ellis- 3831- Smaragd, Webra 145
2nd- Ryan McLaughlin- 3762- Impact, OS-160
3rd- Joe Walker- 3738- Patriot, YS-140L
4th- Me- 3000- Impact, Hacker/Thunder Power

Hot and heavy rumor is that this contest will be put back in it's rightful
place in December and returned to it's glory days.

Regards,
Jason
www.jasonshulman.com
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